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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
well lets take what you are talking about at a level... let's take it generic.. since it's about "generally unneccessary" for your purposes....
so in that vein.. Is it "generally unneccessary" for a person to bring porn/sex toys/birth control in their backpack/briefcase to work/school even though they are going to a rendevouz with their SO?
Bentley Little - if you read my initial post it's not about the legality of carrying.... it's about Rights, knowing them and excersing them. My analogy is not much to do with the argument but to point out the absurdity of someone saying they don't feel comfortable around a gun because of someone's "knowledge of use". Yet there are plenty of people out there day to day that use things that they should not because they use them equally recklessly. IMO the car analogy is pretty equal since we are desensitized to having to deal with autos on a day to day basis, we don't necessarily deal with arms (depending on where you live.)
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I want to say I did read the original post and I don't want to sound like a jerk here, but with just text, things can be taken out of context....so, I did say in my post that the issue was the legality of carrying, so I thought I was pointing to that when I stated And I completely agree with quote:
"But when you're talking about Fairfax County, you have to look at what is reasonable."
Translation: You have to look at what I consider reasonable.
But I agree that your analogy, with explanation does make sense, but wasn't necessary, you could have just stated that in the first place. We have place laws so that when people break them, they will be punished. Hence gun laws. I could say to your point "saying they don't feel comfortable around a gun because of someone's "knowledge of use"" that I do not feel comfortable around trucks (drivers) on the highway at night because more than half of them have a severe lack of sleep and could very easily cause an accident. Or any other type of discomfort. The fact is that we as citizens under the constitution have a legal right to carry firearms, and no, not every person is mentally capable of using one properly, but so as with everything else, there will always be bad seeds.